Post-partum surgical wound infections: Incidence after caesarean section in an Italian hospital

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-163

  Charrier, Lorena ^a   Serafini, P ^b   Ribatti, A ^b   Castella, A ^a   Rabacchi, G ^b   Zotti, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Risk factors; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

POVIDONE IODINE; PROSTAGLANDIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GARDNERELLA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UREAPLASMA;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77749292373     PISSN: 11212233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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